Program / Project Manager

RattleTech; Ventura (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company in California is seeking a Program Manager with extensive experience in software development and agile environments. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leading multiple teams, managing large-scale projects, and ensuring stakeholder satisfaction. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential for this position. Join us to foster innovation and guide our software products to success.

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience in a similar functional role within software development teams.
• Strong leadership skills with at least 6 years leading agile development teams.
• Experience in managing and leading custom development projects.

Responsibilities

• Serve as team liaison for business stakeholders and product expert.
• Break down business requirements into a consumable backlog.
• Prioritize backlog and interpret feedback from stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership skills

Agile methodology

Project management tools

Communication skills

Client relationship management

Education

PMP Certification or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Rally

TFS

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Program Manager. This role requires a deep background in product development and some experience with enterprise level program management, working with multiple teams on one or more software products.

The opportunity

• Serve as team liaison for business stakeholders and become a product expert as it relates to market direction and user feedback.
• Break down business requirements into a fully consumable backlog of scope for the development team or teams.
• Prioritize backlog and interpret regular feedback from stakeholders to adjust this prioritization and scope.
• Work with client and internal organization counterparts to remove impediments for the team.
• Synchronize team activities and coordinate amongst multiple teams.
• Provide organizational oversight and escalate issues as appropriate.

This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required.

What you need

• 7+ years’ experience in a similar functional role within a software development teams
• Strong Leadership skills with at least 6 years leading agile development teams.
• Experience in managing and leading custom development projects
• Experience in managing large-scale data migration projects
• Advanced level skills with one or more project management tools such as Rally, TFS, Jira, etc.
• Certification for either Scrum Master or Product Owner or Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Strong technical knowledge/awareness with 1 or more web technology stacks
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong Professional services/customer services skills.
• Self-motivated, self-directed, and influential with customers.
• Proven ability to be prompt, dependable, trustworthy.
• Ability to quickly understand relevant business knowledge.
• Strong team leadership and management skills. Ability to lead other business analysts and project managers.
• Ability to elicit high level business requirements from stakeholders and break those down into consumable components for one or multiple development teams.
• Ability to organize and lead one or potentially multiple software development teams simultaneously.
• Solid leadership and client relationship skills, as this individual will be representing the team to the customer.
• Ability to take on manager responsibilities for all team members.
• Ability to influence client stakeholders, specifically to attain an agile development mindset.